Phase I -

 

 

Of my major rearrangement is done - 

 

My grandson helped me move stuff around - 

 

First - we cleared the space to the left of the dining room table - 

 

 

And moved the cutting table to its new home - 

To make room for it - 

We put some stuff "away" - 

And we moved my strip cutter dies - 

And a plastic drawer unit to the back of the dining room table - 

In front of the window - 

Out of sight - but easily accessible - 

 

Then we moved some of the "mess" from the studio -

To where the plastic drawer unit and strip cutter dies were - 

 

It's still "messy" - but the cutting table hides most of it from view - 

And it is all still easily accessible -

Because the cutting table is on "sliders" - 

And is easy to move on the laminate flooring - 

 

That opened up most of the "studio" - 

And we shifted things around a little - 

Putting the little bookcase/shelf unit up against the "short" wall on the right - 

 

And piling stuff on the ironing board -

And any other flat surface we could find - LOL - 

 

Then I decided that I didn't like the little bookcase/shelf unit up against the wall - 

And pulled out both of the extensions on the cutting table - 

And put the bookcase/shelf unit back under the one on "this" end - 

So it was out of the way but I could still get to it - 

 

And I can always flip down the other "extension" - 

If I need to access any of the bins tucked out of sight on the other end - 

 

The "extension" on this end gives me room to put my stuff - 

So that it's not taking up space on my cutting mat - 

 

And my stuff is on the "right" - 

Because I'm LEFT-handed - 

And the bulk of my fabric is on the LEFT - 

When I cut stuff from the "right" end of the strip or the bolt - 

 

The gatorade boxes are my "sorters" - 

For stuff that I need to go through to file/shred/toss - 

Or just to corral stuff until I decide where I want to stash it - 

 

So - the next Phase will be to sort through this stuff - 

To clear off all of the flat surfaces - 

And find new "homes" for things - 

 

There is obviously a lot more to do - 

 

But I think we made a good start -

 

We got the "big stuff" moved today - 

 

And I have all week to sort through the rest  - 

To reorganize some things -

I'll probably find stuff that I forgot about - 

And I'll probably lose some things - 

Only to be found -

The next time I decide to rearrange things - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -